Biographies

Mr. Hans Biorck has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skanska AB since April 6, 2016. He is Member of Nomination and Audit Committees and Chairman of Compensation and Project Review Committee. He previously was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Skanska AB between April 2001 and February 10, 2011. He joined the Company in 2001. He was responsible for Skanska Financial Services, Controlling, Corporate Finance, Reporting and Internal Audit and Compliance. He is Member of the Boards of Trelleborg AB, Bure Equity AB, Henry Dunker Foundation and Crescit Asset Management AB. He had previously been Chief Financial Officer of Esselte Business Systems Inc., Esselte AB and Autoliv AB. He holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm.

Mr. Anders Danielsson has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Skanska AB effective as of January 1, 2018. He no longer serves as Executive Vice President, Skanska Infrastructure Development, Skanska USA Civil and Skanska USA within Skanska AB effective as of January 1, 2018. He has held the position since June 1, 2017. He no longer serves as Executive Vice President, Skanska Infrastructure Development and Skanska UK, effective as of June 1, 2017. He has held the position since December 1, 2016. He has been Executive Vice President in the Company since November 8, 2013. Before that, he has been President of Skanska Norway at the Company since April 2, 2012. He was previously President of Skanska Sweden at the Company until April 2, 2012. He has been with the Company since 1991. He holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan - KTH and has completed Advanced Management Program at Harvard.

Mr. Magnus Persson has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Skanska AB effective as of February 2, 2018. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer, Skanska Sweden. He was Senior Vice President Investor Relations from November 7, 2013 till 2015 and Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance until November 7, 2013. He has worked at Skanska since 2006.

Ms. Caroline Fellenius-Omnell has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel at Skanska AB since January 2017. She is responsible for Legal Affairs. She holds Master of Laws from Stockholm University and Master of Laws College of Europe, Brugge. She was previously Senior Associate, Mannheimer Swartling; Senior Associate, Skadden Arps; Corporate Counsel, Electrolux; General Counsel Europe,Tetra Pak; Group General Counsel, Sidel and Group General Counsel, Tele2.

Ms. Kirsi Mettala has been Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Skanska AB since January 17, 2018. Previously, she was Senior Vice President Human Resources, Skanska Finland. She has worked at Skanska since 1994.

Mr. Richard Kennedy has served as Executive Vice President, responsibility for Skanska USA Construction and Skanska Infrastructure Development at Skanska AB since January 17, 2018. He has previously been President of Skanska USA Building within Skanska AB since November 16, 2016. Richard Kennedy has been with the company for 12 years. He has been the Chief Operating Officer for the Metro New York region since 2009. In that position he has played a key role in winning major projects such as the 4 billion dollar redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, and he has overseen the successful execution of complex projects such as the United Nations Headquarters Renovation, the World Trade Center Transportation HUB and MetLife Stadium.

Mr. Claes Larsson has served as Executive Vice President, responsibility for Commercial Development globally, Residential Development Europe and BoKlok at Skanska AB since January 17, 2018. He has previously been Executive Vice President, Skanska Commercial Property Development Nordic, Europe and USA, Skanska Residential Development Europe at Skanska AB. He joined the Company in 1990 and held such roles as President of Skanska Fastigheter Goteborg, and President of Skanska Commercial Property Development Nordic. Mr. Larsson is Member of the Board of Directors of Handelsbanken’s regional bank board of directors, western Sweden. He holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola and a joint Master of Business Administration degree from Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola and Goteborgs Universitet.

Mr. Anders Goransson has been Senior Vice President Internal, Audit & Compliance at Skanska AB since December 10, 2013. He has for the past year headed the Operational Performance Center supporting Skanska’s residential. He has been working with Skanska since 1986, among many positions as business unit president for Skanska Industrial Production Nordic (IPN), Head of Nordic Procurement Unit (NPU) and Chief Executive Officer of Myresjohus.

Mr. Larry D. Casey has been appointed Senior Vice President Market Making at Skanska AB effective as of June 26, 2017. Larry Casey has been with Skanska for 13 years. His former position was as Executive Vice President Chief Strategy and Markets officer at Skanska USA Building. In that role he was responsible for the Sales, Marketing, and Center of Excellence organizations and support for large pursuits.

Ms. Karolina Cederhage has been Senior Vice President Communication at Skanska AB since January 18, 2018. Karolina has worked in Skanska since 2011 and is currently Head of Communication at Skanska AB. She has experience from several Skanska units and big projects. Karolina has a 17 year background in communication for multinational organizations.

Ms. Lena Hok has been appointed Senior Vice President Green & Community Investment at Skanska AB effective as of August 28, 2017. Lena Hok comes from a position as the Head of Sustainability at Skandia and as Head of Skandia Research Foundation. She is also a board member of SIDA, Swedish International Development Agency, and chairs the Swedish ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Committee for Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption.

Mr. Richard (Rich) Cavallaro has been appointed President of Skanska USA Civil within Skanska AB effective as of June 1, 2017. He has previously been Executive Vice President, Skanska USA Civil and Skanska USA Building at Skanska AB since January 1, 2015. He was also responsible for Safety. Before that, he has been President of Skanska USA Civil within the Company since January 1, 2009. He joined the Company in 1996. He is also Member of the Boards of New York Building Congress and Family and Children’s Association, as well as Chairman of New York Building Congress. He holds BEME – Mechanical Engineering from CCNY. He was previously Airport Engineer at Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Senior Estimator at Skanska, Vice President Design Build at Skanska USA Civil and Chief Operating Officer, Skanska USA Civil.

Mr. Greg Craig has been President of Skanska UK at Skanska AB since May 8, 2017. Greg Craig has more than 25 years of experience within building and has worked in Skanska for 14 years. The last two years he has served as Executive Vice President, Skanska UK, where he has been responsible for the building operations.

Mr. Magnus Persson has been President of Skanska Poland at Skanska AB since January 17, 2018. He has previously been Executive Vice President Skanska Poland with responsibility for the Building operations.

Mr. Tuomas Sarkilahti has been President of Skanska Finland within Skanska AB since July 1, 2014. He has been with Skanska for 17 years and held positions as Executive Vice President, Regional Manager, District Manager and Manager within Procurement and Development.

Mr. Robert Ward has served as President of Skanska Commercial Development USA within Skanska AB since July 13, 2017. He has worked for Skanska since 2002. He has been an integral part of Skanska Commercial Development USA since its start. He has led both our Washington DC and Houston, Texas markets and delivered our first US commercial development project. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for key elements of US Commercial Development operations including investment review, leasing, new markets and professional service functions. Prior to his roles in Commercial Development, Robert served as a vice president with Skanska USA Building.

Mr. Par Boman has been Director of Skanska AB since April 5, 2015. He is Member at the Company Audit and Project Review Committees. He is also Chairman of the Boards of SCA and Svenska Handelsbanken and Vice Chairman of AB Industrivarden. He was President and Group Chief Executive, Handelsbanken (2006-2015), Executive Vice President, Head of Handelsbanken Markets (2002-2006) and Executive Vice President, Head of Handelsbanken Denmark (1998-2002). He holds a degree in engineering and in economics and Doctorate in Economics (Honoris Causa).

Ms. Nina Linander has been Director of Skanska AB since April 3, 2014. She is Member of the Audit and Project Review Committee. She is also Member of the Boards of Telia Company AB, AB Industrivarden, Aw Holding AB, Castellum AB and OneMed AB. She holds Master of Science degree in Business and Economics from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm and Master of Business Administration degree from IMEDE, Switzerland. She previously served at Vattenfall AB, Electrolux AB and Stanton Chase International AB.

Mr. Fredrik Lundberg has been Member of the Board of Directors of Skanska AB since April 5, 2011. He also serves as Member of the Company’s Project Review Committee. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of L E Lundbergforetagen AB and serves as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of AB Industrivarden, Holmen AB, Indutrade AB and Hufvudstaden. Apart from that, he serves as Vice Chairman of Svenska Handelsbanken AB and as Board Member of L E Lundbergforetagen AB. He holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering from Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan - KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), a Master of Business Administration degree from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm (Stockholm School of Economics) and Doctorate h.c. degrees in Economics from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm and Doctorate h.c. degrees in Engineering Linkopings Universitet.

Mr. John A. Carrig, J.D. has been Independent Director of Skanska AB since April 3, 2014. He is Member of Audit, Compensation and Project Review Committees. He is also Member of the Boards of Forum Energy Technologies Inc., TRC Companies Inc., WPX Energy Inc., Alley Theatre in Houston, The British American Foundation of Texas and Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He was previously Chief Operating Officer at ConocoPhilips. He holds a Law degree from Temple University, Philadelphia and advanced degree in Tax Law from New York University School of Law.

Ms. Catherine (Cathy) Marcus has been Independent Director at Skanska AB since April 4, 2017. She is also Member of NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards Board (Private). She holds M.S., Real Estate Investment and Development, New York University, 1990 and B.S.E. Real Estate Finance and Entrepreneurial Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1987. Her experience includes Global Chief Operating Officer from 2015, PGIM Real Estate (1998-Present), MBL Life Assurance Corporation, The Related Companies and Integrated Resources.

Ms. Jayne Eleanor McGivern has been Independent Director at Skanska AB since April 5, 2015. She is also Member at the Company Project Review Committee. She is Chair of Defense Infrastructure Organization (Ministry of Defense). She previously worked at Red Grouse Properties, Multiplex plc (Europe) as Chief Executive Officer, Anschutz Entertainment Group as Managing Director UK, MWB Group Holdings plc as Group Development Director and Redrow plc as Divisional Managing Director Handelsbanken Denmark, 1998-2002, Vice President and Manage. She studied at Harrogate Ladies College and is Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Ms. Charlotte Stromberg has served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Skanska AB since April 13, 2010. She is also Chairman of the Company's Audit and Member at the Company Compensation and Project Review Committees. Ms. Stromberg holds a number of board assignments and serves as Member on the Boards of Bonnier Holding AB, Ratos AB, Rezidor Hotel Group AB and The Swedish Securities Council. She is also Chairman of the Board of Castellum AB. She previously worked as Senior Project and Account Manager with Alfred Berg, ABN AMRO, Stockholm; Head of Investment Banking with Carnegie Investment Bank, and as President of Jones Lang LaSalle Norden. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Handelshogskolan i Stockholm (Stockholm School of Economics).

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